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Broken concrete and building rubble pushed across the sand into the shallows on a Red Sea beach, with a spit of rubble running out into the water and kitesurfers offshore. Published with the report on the infill north of Hurghada.

Legal steps begin over sea infill by a hotel project north of Hurghada

Red Sea protectorates director Ahmed Ghallab received a complaint after a video circulated, and a committee is to assess the environmental damage in the Al-Ahyaa area.

26 October 2026

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50 Feddans of Eucalyptus Newly Planted at Hurghada's Tree Forest, Red Sea Environment Directorate Reports

A joint committee from the Red Sea Governorate's environment and agriculture directorates inspected the tree forest at Hurghada, including 50 feddans of Ministry of Agriculture land recently planted with eucalyptus. The report does not say what environmental problems were found at the site.

21 October 2026

File photo of the shoreline at Giftun Island off Hurghada: clear shallow water over pale sand, a dark reef patch offshore and a few swimmers. Representative view of the coast the agreement covers, not a photograph of the signing.

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Red Sea Governorate Signs a Five-Year Deal With the National Marine Sciences Institute on Beach Pollution and Marine Surveys

The protocol runs five years and covers marine surveys, beach pollution studies, climate-change effects, scientific advice on coastal protection and training for governorate staff in marine monitoring. No budget or start dates were given.

16 October 2026

A false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) swimming at the surface in open water — a file photograph of the species, not the pod recorded off Hurghada.

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Rare 'False Killer Whales' Spotted at a Hurghada Dive Site — They Are Dolphins, and Not Dangerous to People

The Red Sea conservation group HEPCA has recorded a pod of Pseudorca crassidens at a dive site off Hurghada, a species rarely seen in these waters. Despite the name, specialists say it is a dolphin and no usual threat to humans.

13 October 2026

A humpback whale breaching clear of the water — a photograph of the species, not of the whale seen off Hurghada.

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A Humpback Whale Is Back Off Hurghada, Its First Reported Red Sea Sighting Since 2016

Divers and boat crews spotted the whale near Hurghada on Sunday. Scientists quoted by Al-Masry Al-Youm say it could become a new draw for visitors — and that its movements are being tracked in case of illegal fishing.

12 October 2026

White storks photographed at Ain Sokhna on Egypt's Red Sea coast. The species is among the migrants that cross the region in autumn.

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Red Sea Reserves Ask Divers and Visitors to Photograph the Migratory Birds They See — With the Place and Date

Marking World Migratory Bird Day, the Red Sea protected areas asked divers, tourists, researchers and marine-tourism workers to photograph birds inside the reserves and log where and when they saw them. No email address, app or phone number for sending sightings in was published.

10 October 2026

A white stork (Ciconia ciconia). Six of the nine migratory birds rescued by Red Sea reserves this autumn were white storks; this photograph does not show the rescued birds.

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Nine Birds Rescued as the Autumn Migration Crosses the Red Sea — Six of Them White Storks

Red Sea reserves say they have taken in nine migratory birds — six white storks, two buzzards and an osprey — since the autumn passage began, with monitoring of the Africa–Asia flyway now under way, according to Sada El Balad.

7 October 2026

Propagules hanging from a Rhizophora mucronata mangrove — known in Egypt as qandal, one of the two mangrove species found on the country's coasts. Not a photograph of the Hurghada planting.

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150 Young People From 15 Countries Planted Mangroves in Hurghada This Week

The 14th Coastal Environment Conference, running in Hurghada from 22 to 25 September under the theme 'Blue Carbon', took its delegates out to plant mangrove seedlings on the shore.

26 September 2026

Giftun island off Hurghada, one of the Red Sea islands day boats from the city visit.

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Rangers Clear Plastic From Abu Minqar Island's Beaches in Red Sea Reef Campaign

Protectorate rangers and the Green Hurghada team stripped accumulated waste, mostly plastic, from the beaches of Abu Minqar island off Hurghada.

26 September 2026

A pod of spinner dolphins swimming in the Red Sea. File photo.

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Dolphin-Watching Speedboats to Face Capacity Limits as the Red Sea Overhauls Boat Licensing

The governor has ordered a database of every boat working in Red Sea waters and new controls on the private speedboats that run dolphin trips, with limits on how many people they may carry.

25 September 2026

A dugong grazing on a seagrass meadow at Marsa Abu Dabbab on Egypt's Red Sea coast. File photo, not the animal seen off Marsa Alam this week.

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A Dugong and Her Calf Off Marsa Alam, a Whale Shark Off Hurghada - and the Same Rule for Both: Don't Touch

Divers filmed a dugong and her calf off Marsa Alam on Friday morning, while a whale shark turned up in Hurghada's waters the same day. Red Sea Protectorates say the shark is harmless - but keep your distance from both.

25 September 2026

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Egypt and UNDP Discuss New Fund to Finance Red Sea Coral Protection

Local Development and Environment Minister Manal Awad has discussed creating an Egyptian fund to finance the protection of Red Sea coral reefs with the UNDP's deputy resident representative.

18 August 2026